Abra former mayor convicted of malversation
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Amid the looming passage of the Anti-Terrorism Bill, the human rights situation in the Philippines is rapidly deteriorating with worsening and continuing attacks on human rights defenders and activists, rights watchdog Karapatan said, as the group strongly condemned the abduction of development worker Elena Tijamo and the strafing of student activist Jolina Calot Meraya. read…
Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade, Jr. of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF ELCAC) issued a statement Monday night claiming that “the ABS-CBN issue is about CPP [Communist Party of the Philippines] propaganda, so it falls under NTF ELCAC’s mandate.” The statement came after the brouhaha ignited by the recent crossposting…
The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) urged the Department of Education (DepEd) for a dialogue over reports that some local of its local officials have already declared ineligibility of ACT members to serve as Board of Election Inspectors (BEIs) in the upcoming May midterm election.
Members of the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers held an indignation rally in Quezon City hours after learning that their colleague, Atty Benjamin Ramos–NUPL founding member and Negros Oriental secretary general–was killed in cold blood in Kabankalan City Tuesday night. The lawyers believed that Ramos’ murder was connected with his involvement with the struggles of…
The New People’s Army slammed the Armed Forces of the Philippines for serving arrest warrants against hospitalized NPA leader Zalde Cañete saying he is a “hors de combat,” a person protected under the international humanitarian law.
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